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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:02 PM Original message |
I'd like to know WHY all of the homes are being foreclosed, what's in it for the banks |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. The banks also need to pay the taxes |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. If banks were paying the appropriate taxes |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Property taxes. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
85. Banks are not paying shit for taxes while the house sits. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Hmm... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
58. they may buy it but they can't haul it away. it only is the way it is if |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. It isn't the Chinese people. It's the Chinese government. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Please enlighten me... |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. My take on it is that it favors any group or individuals with the financial resources to |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #45 |
63. Jesus Christ, this isn't rocket science. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. True. Not rocket science, but actually monetary/investment science, which to the average |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Anything that makes it more difficult for Americans to pay taxes and |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
76. Are you accusing me of being a racist? Pot meet kettle. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think its institutionalized stupidity more than anything else |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. You are correct to some extent, however, it is also true that |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 02:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
67. Reminds me of a 60s recording: "... Don't attack America; wear it down gradually;" |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #19 |
68. If China dismantles the US economy, where will they sell the cheap shit they manufacture? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. To themselves and to others in countries other than the U.S. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. You know that monkey that sticks his hand into a hole to grab food? |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Aesop's Fable. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Maybe they'd rather claim the loss on their taxes |
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alstephenson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. No - that's NOT how it's always been done. |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Oh good. I had a Countrywide loan. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. If you are in California, you have a trust deed. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. I Think a Lot of Decisions by Mortgage Holders are Perverse |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Good points, but looking at how giant swaths of properties |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. That Kind of Thing Does Boggle the Mind |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. There's one little problem with your suggestion to the banks. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. About a Quarter of Mortgages are Upside-Down |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #50 |
70. Deutsche bank predicts nearly half of all mortgaged properties |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because if they stop foreclosing |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. We are in a race to the bottom and have been since 1968. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Yes true....the money allowed for debt taken out was make-believe. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. That is why they are so worried about deflation right now |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
51. Don't be fooled by that scam. Banks are not renegotiating |
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BillDU (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. Why? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. You completely missed the point but that's OK, it isn't about the borrowers |
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BillDU (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I disagree |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Really, you think you did huh? |
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BillDU (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yes |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Nope, you're blaming the homeowners, I know the pattern here |
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BillDU (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Grayson? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Spunk and posturing? |
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BillDU (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Grayson again |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Really, you think people who were sold on jumbo loans by unscrupulous Realtors |
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BillDU (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Borrower Beware |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Your attitude reminds me of people I've known here and in real life |
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BillDU (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. OK |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Yes, people here can see the difference between us. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 01:58 AM Response to Reply #42 |
66. What the fuck does "dips their tow in" mean? n/t |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. Hard to take the moral high ground after you managed to get |
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BillDU (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Clear |
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ms.smiler (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
27. Here are my thoughts |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Mortgage insurance is a MUST n NJ if you buy a house |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
35. In it for the banks? Massive losses. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
37. There is nothing to prevent a bank from turning a foreclosed |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. my point, but it appears they haven't anywhere. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
61. blue-sky: could be they want to keep some properties off the market to push up rental rates in the |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
77. There are quite a few foreclosed homes owned by Chase in |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. Because banks |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 01:37 AM Response to Reply #41 |
62. they contract to property management services. at least here. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. There is a proverb in the mortgage servicing industry |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Isn't a 70% recovery rate better than a 100% loss rate? |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I get it now |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. You completely misunderstood my response, but that's Ok |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Alright, sorry |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-02-09 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
57. Just wanted add... |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
59. Re-distribution (or continued distribution) of wealth to the wealthy |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
60. The Fed picks up the land they will someday rent back to us. /nt |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
64. I think to an investor class of E-trade babies that 'irrational exuberance thing' was an easy sell |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
65. Have you noticed the number of banks failing because of the mortgage crisis? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
69. Robots: Because when mortgages are securitized, there is no "bank" to work with the homeowner |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. It's much more calculated than this. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-03-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
74. Why does this thread have so few recs? Worried that this reflects badly on Obama? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. It's me too, I am not a 'favorite son' on DU, not by a long-shot |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. lol! Now simply being on the greatest isn't enough for you people. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. "You People" eh? Who's side are YOU on anyway? |
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ms.smiler (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
80. I found a partial explanation that I think is helpful |
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ms.smiler (311 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
81. A complicated thing called Credit Enhancements |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
83. it's kind of like what happened to a lot of farmers in the 70's... |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-04-09 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
84. i don't know why the banks are doing it.... |
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